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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07

| To save TsoubIs,
From the Earth.
| While on business In the oflics Of 4 Parh
Row printing house the other day. 4 thIn.
tired. blocking man entered, and spproochiuc
the proprietor, said I" I want 10 have a lisi
printed, suppose you write II down e I tell
you." WIZ
Tho proprietor made ready, and the man
said
"Ye:s I'm sure that I locked the from.
door. Have you got that ~
Yea, but j don't uDderstand.n
Viewer mind, don't interrupt me I'LL I
h1i.s: 9 Are you rssdyr'
~ turned ont the l,g.. in the bathroom. I"
"ysa "Tss s''0hen windows arc 'a..snsd."
!" "Ths Tss dog {, is in the cellar"
mace fire"
"feA"
"The servants are ell In"
+: :yss TIE = stable door is locked"
"No the water 10 not running In the hath.
room"
"Ye."
:Ts: "Ys:. kitten is out do0r."
turned of the drafts OF the range"
"YeA"
"No. do not smell smoke"
"Yea"
get into the house."
"YeA"
"No, that is not our dog barking, It's the
one next door"
"Yes"
It's not necessary to 20 down and see II
the cellar door Ii fastened I know 1t Ia"
"YeA"
That IL nobody +; only the wind rattling
the shutters."
"YeAn
"Well, think that's about oil. You see.
my vile asks me those questions every
blessed night ju ( ss SIN getting into bed,
ana II l bad . printed list could show 70
her, It would save lots OF trouble, and besides
Have the list o. soon a. possible, please"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08
USES OF MAGIC INK.
How 1t Is Made and How 1t May Be Ad-
yantageously Employed.

To make an ink, black at the time Of writing
but which shall disappear after short time, boil
nut gals in aqua vitP. put Roman vitriol and
sal ammoliac to it, and when cold, dissolve q
will vanish in twenty-four hours.
Thus affirms the Scientific american
At first we could not imagine what
practical use could be made of such
ink. but upon careful consideration,
there are many ways in which it may
be advantageously employed. For in
stance, when well-dressed, highly
polished stranger. with tongue well
fabricated, and with manners guileless
and bland, wants you to sign a receipt,
or some innocent document, "merely
as = matter of form," why do it at once,
but use the magic ink, and when the
aforesaid gentlemen with the fabricated
tongue, twenty-four hours later, en-
deayors to convert the innocent dOcu-
ment you signed into promissory
note, presto! your good name has
vanished!
Another good use of magic ink would
be in the writing of spring poetry. The
poems would then be valuable, because
the editor could use the paper to write
editorials on.
HastY letters. abusive letters. love
letters. letters relating your personal
grievances, letters filled with gossip
about your neighbors, letters dilating
upon some scandal, letters advising
young people not to marry. and letters
ordering your paper stopped would be
improved if written with magic ink,
that the fatal characters may not agaia
confront you in the inevitable day of
repentance.
Yes, there are many good uses TO
which magic ink may be put; in general
to the recording of all tn ,ughts to
which folly prompts expression.-West-
sTn PlOzCInd71
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08
The Seasons Favorite.

There is one thing very noticeable ut
all the resorts this summer, too, and
that is the red-headed girls are inn
mensely popular all round. That must
be because they are so agreeable. A
red-headed girl is sure to be jolly, just
as homely girl is sure to be bright.
There is no nonsense either about a
red-headed girl. She is full of courage
and strength. Many of the pluckiest
and most daring swimmers here have
hair of the cardinal hue. There were
SO many of the girls in bathing this
morning that the surf reminded one OF
strawberry water ice. Afterwards the
girls stood out on the beach wringln2
the sea water out of their long, thick
tresseS. When a half-dozen of them
got in row. with their shining hair
flowing out behind them, you might
have fancied, if you had good imagin-
alton. that there was a new sunset at
eleven o'clock in the morning. and one.
too. that might put the old sunset to
me blush. h.-P;siEadeLpbiG Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08
OUR MINERAL PRODUCTS.
An Increase In Both Yield and Value OF
the Chief Mining Industries-

An Increase In Both Yield and Value o
the Chief Mining Industries-
A condensed statement of the pro
duction of the more important mineral:
of the United States in the calendar
year 1886 is issued by the United State:
Geological survey in advance of re-
port.
Notably increased production and
also an increase in value have been the
general characteristics of the mineral
industries during 1886. The total
value of the mineral products increased
in round numbers from S42S, 600. 900 in
1885 to $465, 900, 900 in 1886. The i'm
portant factor in this gain of SS7. 600.
900 was the increased production oi
pig-iron from 4,044.525 long tons in
1885 to 5.6S3,32 long tons in 1886
and an appreciation of seventy-fve
cents in the average value per ton,
making total gain of $50, 4S3, $50 in
this industry alone.
The principal iron statistics for 1886
were: Domestic iron ore consumed,
10, 0,0O0,0 900 long tons; value at mines.
S2S. 100000. Imported iron ore con-
sumed, 1,OS9, 4S3 long tons. Total iron
ore consumed, 11,039. 433 long tons.
Pig iron made 1858, 329 long tons. an
increase of 1.63S,S6S tons as compared
with 1885; value at furnace, $95, 195, 760,
or $50. 483, $50 more than in 1885. Total
spot value of all iron and steel in the
first stage of manufacture, excluding all
Implications. s142, 100000, an increase
Of $40, 100000 as compared with 1885.
The total value of gold produced in
1886 was $50, 200, 900, an increase of So
1919. 900 over 1885.
The production of silver decreased
from s51. 600, 900 in 1885 to S51, 100000
in 1886.
The total production of all kinds of
coal in 1856, exclusive OF that consumed
at the mines, known as colliery con-
sumption, was 107,6S2, 209 short tons,
valued at S147.1I2 755 at the mines.
This may be divided into Pennsylvania
anthracite, Sc, 696, 475 short tons. or 32,-
764, 710 long tons. valued at 81, ,558, 1926;
all other Goals, including bituminous,
brown coal, Ignite, and small lots of
anthracite produced in Arkansas and
Colorado. 20. $50, 734 short tons, valued
at SO, 5,554.629.
The total production of coke in 1886
was 6,835 06S short tons, valued at the
ovens at S11, ,552, 7S1. This is the largest
production ever reached in the United
States, the nearest approach to it be-
ing in 1888. When 5.464,721 tons were
made. This declined in 1884 to 4, ,S73,-
SO5 tons. The year 1885 showed gain
upon 1884, the total being 5.106, ,696
tons. The production for 1886 shows
a gain on that of 1885 of 1, 727, ,372 tons,
or nearly 81 per cent.
The total production of petroleum
was %, 10, t15 barrels of AZ gallons
each, of which the Pennsylvania aud
New York fields produced 25.79S, 900
barrels. The total value at an average
of III cents, the average value of the
Pennsylvania ard New York petro-
leum, was S20. OPS, 457. The production
showed an increase of 6, 263, ,O74 barrels
over the production of 1885. IN
Y Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08

the bank to repair it, and make pleasAn.
home for your poor, neglected children"
"Drawn the money from tho bankl"
howled Timothy. "The money me and poor,
lost Becky Jane pinched and nipped our
selves to death 10 savei"
Timothy" said his wife, calmly, "lsten
to me- Ever since / have been in this
house, my heart has ached to see you toll
aLd delve, day after day, and deny yourself
every comfort in life, that you might add a
few more dollars to your bank account
Your innocent children were growing up,
poorly clothed, poorly fed, and ignorant as
little heather. I talked the matter over
with your cousin. and we both decided that
only piece of skiilful strategy would ever
bring you to your senses. don't mean to
take any unfair advantage of you, Timothy,
but I've got the reins in my hands, and i
calculate to drive. You amt got Becky
Jane to deal with now, you have got me;
and I intend to make man Of you, though
know it's going to take time to undo the
work Of years. 1 like you, Timothy, and
shall do every thing in my power TO make
you happy, but you have got to eat and
dress and live like other folks"
Poor Timothyl He wept and tore his
hair, and shrieked aloud; then, as the
whole truth suddenly dawned upon him,
he gave hideous yell, and rushed frantic
ally from the house, and was seen no more
for several days. At last, one rainy morn
ing he appeared, cold and hungry, and
meekly took his place at the cozy break
fast table, a vanquished man.
Years have passed since then. The
fourth Mrs. Gee still reigns triumphant at
the farm, which is in a most prosperous
and fourishing condition. Strange to re-
late, Timothy has developed into model
husband and father, and 10 intensely proud
of his attractive home, and determined
that his children shall have the best eiuca-
tional advantages. Cousin Miranda is
frequent visitor and is often heard to de-
clare, that though Timothy's wife rules
him with rod of iron, his children have
great reason to bless the day their father
married the Widow Rounds.-GeOrge 4. RGr-
ris, IN BalLou'S Nonthly
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08
LITERARY SUCCESS.
Regularity of Habit as a Requisite of Cred
liable Work.


All literary men who accomplish
much and maintain their health do their
work in tie morning and do it every
morning. tits the daily task, performed
morning after morning throughout the
year-carefully, conscientiously, per-
sistently-that tells in great results.
But in order to perform this task in this
way there must be regular habits of
sleep. with which nothing shall be al
lowed to interfere. The man who eats
late supncrs, attends parties and clubs,
/ or dimes out every night. can not work
in the morning. Such a man has, in
fact, no time to work in the whole rolnd
of the hours. Late and irregular habits
at night are fatal to literary production
as rule. The exceptional cases are
those which have fatal results upon life
in few years.
One thing is certain: No great thing
can be done in literary production with
out habit of some sort, and we believe
that all writers who maintain their
health write in the morning. The night
work on daily papers is killing work.
and ought to be followed only few
years by any man. A man who follows
literature should always go to his labor
with willing mind, and he can only
do this by being accustomed to take it
up ut regular hours. We called upon
a preacher the other day-one of the
most eloquent and able men in the
pulpit of this State. He was in his
study. which was out of his house. and
his wife simply had to say that there
was no way by which she could get at
him even if she should wish to see him
herself. He was wise. He had his
regular hours of lab Dor, which no person
was permitted to interrupt. In the
afternoon he could be seen; in the
morning never. A rule like this is alb
solutely necessary to every man who
wishes to accomplish much. Its aston
ishing how much man may accom-
plish with the habit of doing his utmost
during three or four hours in the morn
ing. He can do this every day. have
his afternoons and evenings to himself,
maintain the highest health and live
life of generous length. Good habit is
relief, too. from all temptation to the
use of stimulants. By it mans brain
may become just as reliable producer
as his hand, and the cheerfulness and
healthfuiness which it will bring to the
mind will show themselves in all the
issues of the mind. The writings of
those contemporaneous geniuses, Scott
and Byron. illustrate this point suffi
GENTLY. One is all robust health, the
result of sound habit; the other is all
fever and irregalarity. What could Poe
not have done with Longfellow's habit?
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08
Mr.. Gorham Gray writes of t

Mr.. Gorham Gray writes of the
project of telephone communication
between this country and Europe:
.Telephoning through wire being
only and simply wave of reproduction
similar to an air wave or sound, or
might say wave of the ocean. is per-
fectly practical for 5000 miles, and
ia fact more so under water than aerial.
for disturbances atmospheric do not
occur under water, nor do disturbances
occur at depth below given sounding
distance below the surface of the water,
as the water at that depth is at rest.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08

Sary clement, ana nence tne surprising
effect of the fresh wood ashes applied
70 it, simply because they contained
potash ard lime in a soluble or availa-
BILE condition.
Every farmer must test this for him
self. There are no agricultural doctors
who can give prescription for any soil
defective in fertility, such as may be
most effective and economical. One
may say barnyard manure in abundance
is panacea for all infertile soils, but
this is not quite true. for some soils ex-
ceedingly rich in man ure will not pro-
duce clover or grain crop profitably.
Even manure needs the aid of lime of
potash or phoSphoric acids to make it
fully effective.
After harvest is the time for making
these tests. 1t is not wise to risk a
whole crop for the sake of learning
something. Experience keeps a dear
school. but it is unnecessary to raise the
cost by mistakes. Let a small portion
of the wheat or rye field be tested with
various single fertilizers; potash; lime;
plain superphosphate; any two of these;
all together; and with manure for the
main crop, and the results be noted.
No one can lay down rules for another
mans land; few farmers can predicate
results on any one field of their own
from what they have learned of another.
Each farm and each field is a guide only
for itself and each farmer must test his
land for himself. although he may use
fully learn from the experience of others
how he may do this in the best man.
ner.-Renry SteWart. tn n. T. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08
EVENING,

The days are short'ning-wilt forgive me, heart
For the long turmoil have led thee through
And to no end! meant it otherwise,
But one right arm is weak against the world
Here on thy shoulder let me rest my head,
Ny weary head that aches from lfe's long DIN
And in thy comforting let me forget
The disappointment and the hidden foe,
And all that made my days vulgar strife,
Unheralded, untrumpeted, uncrowned.
MY strength is weak beside thy steadfastness
And there takes refuge. II thou cherish il,
Then TO have failed. and yet TO win thy smile,
All, love, is victory beyond desertl
Mary W. PlunMper, in Scribner'S Magazine.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-08
DISILLUSION.
MORNING.

Come, sweet, the world is wide; 80, hand in
hand,
Let us fare forth TO win our victories.
Thou shalt be queen of beauty and Of love,
As in the old, bright days of tournament;
And will wear thy colors in my heart,
And on my brow the seal invisible
or thy true kiss; so shall before me fall
All shapes Of evil that infest the light
Then, when the jousts are ended, and the games,
Thou shalt sit proudly upright in thy place,
And while the world is wondering. all agaze,
Lot at thy feet my garlands shall be laid
For halJ my strength is thine, being come from
thee
And that sweet faith that armors me anew.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-30

The following are some OF the i'm.
portant western recess appointments by
the president, TO be acted upon by the
senate next week: j. d j Jenkins, Usage,
lowe, agent at Sisseton agency, Oak.
W. M. Blanding, st. Croix Falls, Wis,
register of the land Office at St. Croix
Falls; William Porter. Des MONIES,
register of the land Office as Des Moines
James Greedy, Franklin, Mimi, register
of the land Office at Redwood Falls
William Colyille, Red Wing, register OF
the land Office at Duluth; G. P.Maginnis,
Morris, Minn., receiver at the land office
at Duluth;J r. Whitehead, Vermillion,
OAK. register es the land Office at Dead.
wood; 81. w. Cornelius, Menasha, Wis,
register OF tho land office at Menasha
q. W. Darlington, Ashland, Wis. regis
of the land ofioe at Ashland;F. w
Deemers, Fisher, Minn., receiver OF th.
land Office at Fargo.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-30

President Hill, Of the Manitoba road,
in recent speech at Helena, advanced
aomesnew ideas relative to the oonneo,
ton between the railroads and the pub
lie and the public and the railroads. He
stated that o railroad enterprise was like
any other business enterprise lit was in
the field tc sell something the people
wanted, namely, transportation. And
then Mr.. Hill seid:
We want TO do wholesale business,
and we want TO do it at such rates as will
enable your people to be prosperous with
US; for without your prosperity wewould
be very poor indeed 1t is just as true
as that we are all here, that no railway
company can ever prosper without the
business association IN il, with all their
| different ramificRtions, prosper as well
| And while it is our railway ii is your
highway, and if it is o poor highway it
| will serve You poorly; and on the other
hand, il We are able to do well for you
| your prosperity will surely follow.
When Mr.. Hill struck upon the idea
OF low grade railroad bed he taught
the railroad world lesson in economical
transportation which will ultimately
compel them ali to come to his standard.
In his recent assumption that the rail-
road and the public are co-partners in
commercial transactions, and that upon
the prosperity OF one depends thu PROS
perity of the other, he deals q telling
blow at the policy long in vogue--the
| policy which exaots the last nickle with
no compromising return-the policy
which recognizes no community Of in
terests between the patron and the re-
cipiant, but sxacts from the producer
and the consumer the maximum Of his
substance. a railroad operated upon
the principle laid down by President
Hill, though a novelty
in the annals of transportation
ia no experiment fraught with doubtful
results. 1t will thrive and it's patronl
| will thrive and under its broad guagt
| policy there will be no call for iegisla.
| tion, national or local,. to adjust con
atantly occurring differences betweel
, producer and consumer and carrier
There ere nc differences to adjust wher
the rights OF both are respected en-
/. their common prosperity invoked, ]
the good seed thus planted takes roo
II and grows President Hill will hav
!, earned marble eulogy craven upon th
!; towering shaft OF grateful good will.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-30
A Chronic TendancY nvarcome,

Many persons are troubled with chronic
tendency to constipation. They are of bilious
temperament. The complaint to which they
are subject, though easily remediable by
iudicious treatment, is in many cases aggra-
waited by resort te drastic purgatives and
choiagogues. As the human stomach and
bowels are lined with o delicate memb mbrane,
and not with vulcanite, they cannot stand pro-
longed drenching with such medicines without
Serious injury, Nothing restores and counter
acts an habitual tendency to constipation 30
.ffectuaily as Hostetter's Stomach Bittere. Its
laxative effect is gentle and progressive. 1t
neither convulses nor weakens the intestines,
and its effects are uaaccompanied by giiping
palms.. 1t arounes tho liver when the organ il
Rlugglish, promotes digestion, and encourages
appetite and fleep. For fever and sgue, kid
ney sroubies, nervous complaints and inoipient
fheumatiam, it is Incompatible. Take wine
glass b fore meals and see now soon you will
relish them
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-30
FIT FOR A pusT.

Lnmar Not the Kind OF Man for q
Supreme Judge-His spells Of Alb.
straction.
Washington, D. O., Nov. 28.--"It is o
pity that Lamar is to be nominated for
the supreme bench" said prominent
democrat last evening. Personally I
like Lamar very much. He is brainy
man and good fellow. But he has few
OF the attributes that fit him for the pro-
posed position. He has not judicial
mind, and has had no Judicial training.
He kaowB little Law. perhaps but he
was never lawyer OF any prominence
or practice, Why be shonld be chosen
for the iudgeship, cannot imagine.
suppose however, it is because Cleveland
has great admiration for him, and
wants to do something that will fix Che
old man for lie. see some one has
started the story that Lsmar's age is in
the way OF his appointment. To my
mind his age IS the least OF the objec-
tions to him, even ii he is az old as they
try 70 make him out to be. The Older
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-30

The evidence before the interstate
commerce commission in the Standard
oil cases has all been submitted and the
complainant has proved conclusively
that the railroads almost always give
largely discriminating rates in favor of
oil in tank cars, and that the Standard
oil company is practically the only in
stitution whose plant enables it to avail
itself to any great extent of the lower
rates. Argument in the oases will open
January 10th inst. The public is inter
ested in knowing how the commission
will finally conduct itself in the presence
of $4,000 900 defendant.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-30


for the purpose or nominating a speaker,
a.clerk, serseant.at arms, postmaster end
and doofkeeper. lite conceded by. all
that Mr.. John g. Carlisle, OF Kentucky
will be the nominee OF the caucus for
speaker, and that his reelection will not
be antagonized BY any one of the party.
The republicans of the house will cast q
complimentary vote for Thomas II.
Reed, of Maine, for the speakership.
The honse will be called to order by
Clerk Clark, and after roll call the
speaker will be elected. When the Off
Ger takes the chair the election OF the
other officers will follow. The members
will then be sworn in by the speaker.
There are number of contested cleo.
tions, but they are not upon certificates
and the oontestees will therefore be
sworn in upon the prima faoie evidence
OF sheir certificates.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-30
ADVICE 10 Mothar,.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 Ifso,
send ct once and get as bottle o.
MES. WINsLow's SooTHINe SYRUP for
Children Teething. Its value in lnealcu-
liable. Is will relieve the poor listle sui.
ferer Immediately. Depend upon it,
mothers, there is no mistake nbout ii
II cures dygentery and diarrhoea, regu.
lates the stomach and bowels, onres
wind collie, softens tho gums, reduces in.
fammation and gives tone and energy
70 the whole system. MrsS Winsloso's
Soothing Syrup for Children !Teething ID
pleasant to the Taste, and is the preserip.
tion of one Of the oldest nurses and
best female physicians in the United
States, and is for sale byS all druggists
throughout the world. Price spFenty,
Owe cents q boiiie.